Terry Dawson Poems

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1.
I've Met A Girl

I've met a girl
Louise her name.
Within I feel new strength unfurl
And I'm no more the same.
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2.
The Skeleton Coast

Across the Uhab river's dry bed
Lies a land unlike any other,
An arid plain beside the sea,
Of wild, mysterious beauty.
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3.
Balance

In this life we bear
In equal portion
Mix dare
With caution
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4.
A Daydreaming Evoked By Swallows

The spring swallows return anew;
I search for the elusive blue;
Sky-riders of unequalled grace,
Conjures to sight likeness of you.
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5.
The Elephants

Soft light by gradual stage reveals
(As dark of night recedes)
Idyllic scenes which yet conceal
Most grim and bloody deeds
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6.
Against Wrongs Done Me

Against wrongs done me
My spirit raged
Hatred-blinded, I do not see
That lust for vengeance
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7.
An Old Bull Dies

In the month of October
As dry as dust
The elephants wait
For the rain that must
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8.
The Farmworker

The barn rooster declares at last,
The new day has begun.
The farmworker prepares himself
To start work with the sun.
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9.
A Campaign Revisited

Africa once again was wracked with pain
As warfare stalked the land
And through the years of the copious tears,
Few could understand
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10.
The Plum In Springtime (Sixtieth Birthday)

The plum in spring returns to life,
In dazzling new white blossoms rife
Which pleasure well the heart and mind
And sense of calm there leave behind.
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